Английский язык с Р.Л. Стивенсоном. Остров сокровищ - [29]
3. 'Now, Jim (ну, Джим), she said, 'that key (/ищи/ тот ключ).
knees [nJz] paper [`peIpq] doubt [daut] message [`mesIG] striking [`straIkIN]
1. I went down on my knees at once. On the floor close to his hand there was a little round of paper, blackened on the one side. I could not doubt that this was theblack spot; and taking it up, I found written on the other side, in a very good, clear hand, this short message: 'You have till ten to-night.
2. 'He had till ten, mother, said I; and just as I said it, our old clock began striking. This sudden noise startled us shockingly; but the news was good, for it was only six.
3. 'Now, Jim, she said, 'that key.
1. I felt in his pockets, one after another (я обшарил его карманы, один за другим; to feel — чувствовать; осязать; ощупывать,). A few small coins (несколько маленьких монет), a thimble (наперсток), and some thread and big needles (нитку и большие иглы), a piece of pigtail tobacco bitten away at the end (кусок скрученного /в трубочку/ табака, надкушенного с одного конца; to bite — кусать(ся)), his gully with the crooked handle (его большой нож с изогнутой рукоятью; crook — крючок, крюк; gully — матросский нож /с ножнами/), a pocket compass, and a tinder box (карманный компас и огниво; tinder — трут, фитиль), were all that they contained (было всем, что они /карманы/ содержали), and I began to despair (и я начал отчаиваться).
2. 'Perhaps it's round his neck (может быть, он /висит/ на шее; round — вокруг), suggested my mother (предположила моя мать; to suggest — предполагать, советовать, выдвинуть /идею/).
3. Overcoming a strong repugnance (преодолевая сильное отвращение), I tore open his shirt at the neck (я разорвал рубашку на шее = ворот его рубашки; to tear — рвать), and there, sure enough (и там, действительно), hanging to a bit of tarry string (вися = висевший на куске просмоленной веревки), which I cut with his own gully (которую я перерезал его ножом), we found the key (мы нашли ключ). At this triumph we were filled with hope (при этой удаче мы были наполнены надеждой; triumph — триумф, победа, торжество), and hurried upstairs, without delay (поспешили наверх, тотчас же: «без задержки /отлагательства/»), to the little room where he had slept so long (в маленькую комнату, в которой он спал так долго), and where his box had stood since the day of his arrival (и где его сундук стоял со дня его приезда).
thimble [`TImbl] despair [dIs`peq] repugnance [rI`pAgnqns] triumph [`traIqmf]
1. I felt in his pockets, one after another. A few small coins, a thimble, and some thread and big needles, a piece of pigtail tobacco bitten away at the end, his gully with the crooked handle, a pocket compass, and a tinder box, were all that they contained, and I began to despair.
2. 'Perhaps it's round his neck, suggested my mother.
3. Overcoming a strong repugnance, I tore open his shirt at the neck, and there, sure enough, hanging to a bit of tarry string, which I cut with his own gully, we found the key. At this triumph we were filled with hope, and hurried upstairs, without delay, to the little room where he had slept so long, and where his box had stood since the day of his arrival.
1. It was like any other seaman's chest on the outside (он выглядел подобно любому другому матросскому сундуку снаружи), the initial 'B. burned on the top of it with a hot iron (инициал = буква «Б.» /была/ выжжена на его крышке каленым железом), and the corners somewhat smashed and broken as by long, rough usage (а углы /были/ несколько сбиты, словно от длительного грубого обращения; to smash — разбивать, бить, ломать; to break — разрушать, ломать, рвать; usage — обращение, применение, использование).
2. 'Give me the key (дай мне ключ), said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff (и хотя замок был очень тугой), she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling (она повернула /ключ/ и откинула крышку в одно мгновение).
initial [I`nISl] iron [`aIqn] rough [rAf] usage [`jHzIG]
1. It was like any other seaman's chest on the outside, the initial 'B. burned on the top of it with a hot iron, and the corners somewhat smashed and broken as by long, rough usage.
2. 'Give me the key, said my mother; and though the lock was very stiff, she had turned it and thrown back the lid in a twinkling.
A strong smell of tobacco and tar rose from the interior (крепкий запах табака и дегтя поднялся из сундука; interior — внутренняя часть /чего-либо/), but nothing was to be seen on the top (но ничего не было видно наверху) except a suit of very good clothes (кроме очень хорошего комплекта одежды = костюма; suit — костюм, комплект, набор; clothes — одежда, белье), carefully brushed and folded (тщательно вычищенного и сложенного). They had never been worn (/одежда/ никогда не носилась = ни разу не надевалась), my mother said. Under that, the miscellany began (под этим смесь начиналась = куча вещей; miscellany — смесь) — a quadrant, a tin cannikin (квадрант, жестяная /оловянная/ кружка; /
